Mystery Of Edwin Drood

by Dickens, C.

• ISBN13: 9781853267291
• ISBN10: 1853267295
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Wordsworth

Summary

Edwin Drood is contracted to marry Orphan Rosa, but they break the engagement off-and soon afterwards Edwin disappears. Is it murder? And is his jealous uncle-a sinister choirmaster with a double life and designs on Rosa-the killer? Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. In addition to its tantalizing crime, the novel also offers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination and a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality. This edition features a new critical introduction that assesses the evidence to show whether the mystery can truly be solved, as well as a chronology, illustrations, appendixes (including one on opium use in the nineteenth century). Edited with an introduction and notes by David Paroissien.

Table of Contents

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
The Dawn	3	(3)
A Dean and a Chapter Also	6	(10)
The Nun's House	16	(10)
Mr Sapsea	26	(8)
Mr Durdles and Friend	34	(6)
Philanthropy in Minor Canon Corner	40	(9)
More Confidences than One	49	(8)
Daggers Drawn	57	(8)
Birds in the Bush	65	(13)
Smoothing the Way	78	(13)
A Picture and a Ring	91	(12)
A Night with Durdles	103	(12)
Both at Their Best	115	(9)
When Shall These Three Meet Again?	124	(13)
Impeached	137	(7)
Devoted	144	(9)
Philanthropy, Professional and Unprofessional	153	(14)
A Settler in Cloisterham	167	(7)
Shadow on the Sundial	174	(7)
A Flight	181	(9)
A Recognition	190	(5)
A Gritty State of Things Comes On	195	(15)
The Dawn Again	210	(15)
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK	225	(102)
HUNTED DOWN	327	(58)
HOLIDAY ROMANCE
Introductory Romance from the Pen of William Tinkling Esq-Aged Eight	351	(7)
Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird-Aged Seven	358	(9)
Romance from the Pen of Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Redforth-Aged Nine	367	(9)
Romance from the Pen of Miss Nettie Ashford-Aged Half-Past Six	376	(9)
George Silverman's Explanation	385